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The will of Darius Ogden Mills was filed yesterday in the
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Darius Ogden Mills, the financier and philanthropist and father of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, wife of the United States ambassador to Great
Britain, died of heart disease at his winter home near this city last night, aged 84 years. Mrs. Reid, who came to California with her
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1087:"D. Ogden Mills Dies Suddenly. Financier and Philanthropist. Father of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid Fortune Estimated at $ 60,000,000 Mr. Reid to Attend Funeral"
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